$866bn global environmental market up four per cent in 2011

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Sector outstrips global GDP growth and is tipped to do so again in 2012

The $866bn global environmental market defied the sluggish economy and political inaction to grow four per cent over 2011 and is likely to do the same this year, according to research by Environmental...

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